Cats, Christmas trees, Chicago Bears jerseys: just a few of the items in Muslims Americans' apartments.
Within hours of the live broadcast that showed dozens of reporters from MSNBC, CNN and other outlets rifling through belongings in the apartment where San Bernardino shooting suspects Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik lived, zeroing in on so-called Muslim items in the home, Muslim Americans took to Twitter in response Friday.
In an attempt to call out the media's Islamaphobia--with a heavy dose of sarcasm-- people tweeted photos of their #MuslimApartments, which included items such as "sinister books," "seasonings of mass destruction," and "Disney-inspired infidel characters."
@MSNBC @CNN check out my sketchy #MuslimApartment there is clearly something going on over here. pic.twitter.com/ogNR4W06ZU— O.A.Brown (@anyfishanytime) December 5, 2015
all you need to know about my #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/Q8bmUES2ek— Ramah Kudaimi (@ramahkudaimi) December 4, 2015
@MSNBC y'all really get a kick out of raiding apartments don't ya? Here's my #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/URgccCWSu2— Navila Rashid (@NavilaRashid) December 4, 2015
Hey @MSNBC, here's a stack kf totally sinister books in my #MuslimApartment. pic.twitter.com/p12hsfS3Vv— Mariam Hosseini (@yogurtsoda) December 4, 2015
Seasonings of mass destruction! @CNN #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/SCXE0EY8MT— Black Intifada (@BlackShiite) December 5, 2015
#MuslimApartment fish working towards world domination. Those are minarets, don't care what anyone else says. pic.twitter.com/71BwIRw6M7— Margari Aziza (@Margari_Aziza) December 5, 2015
The entrance of my #MuslimApartment. Got it @ this radical store Muslim women go into & never return called @Target pic.twitter.com/cRCeYp2wYF— Christina Tasca (@Christina_Tasca) December 5, 2015
In my #MuslimApartment Disney-inspired infidel characters arranged around heart-shaped pink Kaaba pic.twitter.com/P2Qz1Z7lI3— Asma (@LibyanBentBladi) December 5, 2015
The force is strong in my #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/yx7106Vo9R— Julius Allen (@Misterjallen) December 5, 2015
And, because this is the Internet, there were a lot of cats involved, naturally.
Hey @CNN & @MSNBC: here's my Muslim cat in my #MuslimApartment. She also prays 5 times a day. pic.twitter.com/jEOA5wegea— Sarah A. Harvard (@sarah_harvard) December 4, 2015
Taking a page from @sarah_harvard 's book: here's a terrifying #MuslimApartment @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/CDtQ6Kqgxn— Noor Mir (@thedronalisa) December 4, 2015
CNN Reporter- Can you tell viewers what you thinking about? Muslim Cat- Oh ISIS and stuffs. #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/0FSXcSRM3l— Raf (@1Rafz) December 4, 2015
A kitten among a bounty of potions, exotic blossoms from someone the resident calls "bae" #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/ic7nvZShYA— Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) December 4, 2015
I've also converted my cat, who routinely prays inside my #MuslimApartment pic.twitter.com/KZHuWUzaGW— Roqayah Chamseddine (@roqchams) December 5, 2015
I too have a scheming terrorist cat in my #MuslimApartment. pic.twitter.com/PnkdGbf4Qi— SMPalestine (@SMPalestine) December 5, 2015